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Chinese

		seal characters	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
trad. (篆文)		篆	文
simp. #(篆文)		篆	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuànwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁶ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuànwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuànwún
    • Wade–Giles: chuan⁴-wên²
    • Yale: jwàn-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juannwen
    • Palladius: чжуаньвэнь (čžuanʹvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: syuhn màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²² mɐn²¹/

Noun

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1. seal script (all the forms of ancient Chinese calligraphy used in Han-era seals and chops)
2. small seal script (the form of Chinese characters based on the script of the state of Qin and standardized by Li Si around 220 BC)

Synonyms

• (seal script): 篆書／篆书 (zhuànshū), 篆字 (zhuànzì)
• (small seal script):

• 小篆 (xiǎozhuàn)
• 秦篆 (qínzhuàn)

 

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